"Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops, like bishops, and your religious act like religious." - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 1972

So far Archbishop Byrnes has talked the talk, and started addressing a long litany of soar issues.

Unfortunately for the Catholic Church of Guam, policies are only as good as the people that are supposed to watch that they are functioning properly.

As we have advocated here repeatedly , the devil is always in the details.

We have also demonstrated on more occasions than necessary that Archbishop Byrnes is surrounded by people that do not have his interest or the interest of the Church at large in mind.

We have shown that many of the actors at the Chancery are holdovers of the previous administration, who are more interested in protecting their little dominions, and to continue their little fiefdoms rather than truly following the instructions and desires of the Archbishop and/or the faithful.

We have seen how the NCW priests totally ignore their instructions, and the liturgy at large, as well as the GRIM. In this the lack of reporting by Deacon Martinez , the vicar to the NCW, has been very disappointing to say the least.

The new Chancellor, Fr Ron Richards, who is also the special assistant to Archbishop Byrnes, while coming with an excellent academic background, has so far revealed himself to be flippant and dismissive of local actors, bringing with him what some of the usual suspects at the UOG would qualify as a "colonialist attitude".

The new Finance officer Josephine Villanueva, is going around the Chancery and the Cathedral acting as the de facto boss, making unilateral decisions and making enemies all around the island as she goes unfettered by any form of control.

Most of all she seems to want to run the Archdiocese like a business rather than an organization dedicated to saving souls and preaching the word of God.

Reality check:

Unless you are a Neo, or a protestant, a Church is not a business.

So? why all the complaining at this time?

Simply because after all the heartaches of the past few years, it would seem logical that the Chancery would want to stay in front of the problems instead of chasing after them.

Dear Anna,it starts quite innocently. You can in fact talk to someone and with someone rather than down to someone. Even as a leader, in fact specially when you are a leader.Then, there are several of the public forum which he participated in. During these Forum, and unlike the Archbishop he has a tendency to lecture people as if they were small children to whom you need to explain in simple details things that they obviously are not smart enough to understand. (perception of that sort are very difficult to overcome)There are also several interactions with local clergy that you could describe as less than diplomatic.Then you have his interactions with the laity, which have the warmth of a prison door.Even if,it is not spoken so overtly, there is also the fact that you are left with the impression that as a friend of the Archbishop, he is protected.Finally there are his multiple reminders that he would rather be in Michigan than on this rock.(Guam)Should this answer your question? Or do I need to go in further details that could be very unpleasant for all parties?

Lol Guamblog:A) no need to beat a dead horseB) Anna has her own narrow agenda, which is not for me to developC) Junglewatch needs to stay focusedAs you know the wheels of justice work ever so slowly.Sometimes it is a painful process, but we keep our nose down.The truth will always prevail, even if at times the delay can get very painful.

LOL, the courageous anonymous slanderer from Barrigada is back, with his bad grammar, and his vile allegations.

I shall let Tim answer you on these.

From what we can all read from your pathetic interventions, we can all see who the "idiot" is....You win! No contest.

As far as the "New Archbishop":

A) He is the only true Archbishop of Agatna, even if that pisses you off.B) He has done a good job so far in cleaning up the mess from your GuruC) I am encouraging him not to let the same people who brought Apuron to his demise, influence his decisions, and take the Bull by the Horns.D) I confirm that the faithful (not the heretics) shall back him up, if and when he decides to demand accountability.

It is clear, and simple. Only a perverted mind like yours would see and hear otherwise.